In a past life, while still in the clutches of the investment banking world, I’d made a few friends in the “trading fraternity” and visited them on a regular basis for work and social reasons. When it came to markets, opinions varied little within the group. Traders were unanimously bullish or bearish on any given [...]
December 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
Congolia
In 1997 the Congo, known formerly as Zaire, was in the midst of an all-out blood spilling, slaughtering, raping, no-holds-barred war. Few investors were brave enough to put not only their capital on the line but certainly their own precious selves too. In May of that same year Laurent Kabila rolled into Kinshasa and declared [...]
November 23, 2012 By 6 Comments
Black Friday – And Why Capitalism Doesn’t Exist
As a follow-up to the post Finding Your Sneetch I thought it appropriate on this, a day that retailer’s refer to as “Black Friday”, to chime in a bit. (Note: I purposefully delayed my post by a day just to write on this subject, and also to give all our US readers a break on [...]
November 20, 2012 By 5 Comments
Finding Your Sneetch
Mark and I recently finished our Fiji Meet Up with a small group of totally awesome people. With the laughable US presidential election process taking place at exactly the same time, I have to say that our attendees spent their time far more productively than standing in a voting queue or sitting glued to the [...]
September 18, 2012 By 1 Comment
Libya – The Real Story
By now I’m sure you’ve all heard of the events that transpired last week in Libya and throughout the Muslim world. The mainstream media (MSM) would have you believe that it’s all a result of a stupid and thoughtless movie, created by some hack California producer. We’re not that dumb, and neither are our readers. [...]
